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Promote Or Perish: Sharing Your Research to Advance Your Science RESEARCH NETWORKING CAREER ADVANCE SCIENCE Promote or Perish: PROMOTE Sharing Your Research to Advance Your Science and Your Career WHITE PAPER SHARING publishing.aip.org facebook.com/AIPPublishing @AIP_Publishing linkedin.com/company/aip-publishing INTRODUCTION “Publish or perish.” This well-known concept has been used in academia for decades: to advance in their career, academics must continually publish journal articles to demonstrate value and maintain visibility. The modern-day twist: “promote or perish.” Today, it’s not enough to simply publish research findings in quality journals, you also need to be your own advocate and promote your research. To some scientists, self-promotion not only is uncomfortable, it’s distasteful. In their view, having research published in a reputable journal is enough, especially if the journal has a high impact factor. However, to stand out as a scientist today, it’s also about getting noticed online. And more important, it’s about getting noticed by the right people, the right institutions, and the right influencers who can help you advance your science and your career — and obtain funding. That means being active on social networking platforms. A survey conducted by the Pew Research Center what’s an overworked, time-strapped research in collaboration with the American Association scientist to do? Whether you are a seasoned for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) scientist or an early-career researcher looking (pewinternet.org/2015/02/15/how-scientists- to build your reputation, how do you navigate engage-public/) shows that scientists of all the labyrinth of choices available? generations have started to recognize the importance of sharing and talking about To help you get started, we’ve developed this their research. overview of some commonly used platforms, tips and best practices, other ways to increase But with so many social channels out there — your visibility, AIP Publishing resources, and links along with a myriad of ways to be visible — for additional reading. 2 TO SHARE OR NOT TO SHARE USING SOCIAL Policies around copyright and sharing research vary widely. NETWORKING SITES TO AIP Publishing tends to be more PROMOTE YOUR RESEARCH flexible than some publishers. For example, authors can submit work previously posted on preprint servers and they retain copyright for articles. They also have permission to post accepted manuscripts to SCNs, arXiv, a personal web page, and an employer’s website. Other A plethora of social networking sites exist, ranging from those publishers and institutions, used primarily by the research community to those used by the however, may be more stringent, general public, including scientists. All platforms have their pros so it’s important to ensure you and cons, and sites continue to evolve and add new features, so comply with their policies. it’s important to stay current on the latest news. SCHOLARLY datasets more discoverable, COLLABORATION and allowing others to provide feedback on your research. NETWORKS SCNs are a useful platform As science becomes to make you more visible not more interdisciplinary only among your peers but and collaborative, scholarly also to those beyond your collaboration networks current sphere. (SCNs) open up a world of possibilities — literally — by enabling researchers to more Specific information about easily share their work, partner, AIP Publishing policies can and interact with scientists be found here: from around the globe. • publishing.aip.org/authors/ Mendeley, ReadCube, figshare, web-posting-guidelines ResearchGate, Trellis, and the • publishing.aip.org/authors/ Center for Open Science are rights-and-permissions just a few platforms that today’s researchers are using. For additional information, the website howcanishareit.com In addition to providing you with has a helpful tool that enables a platform to discover and read you to look up where a journal scientific content, SCNs offer article can be shared and how many other benefits, including you can share it. The website making your own articles and also provides links to a variety of resources, including author rights and responsibilities. 3 MAINSTREAM SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS In addition to SCNs, Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn also are used by many scientists today to share their research, collaborate with peers, and expand their visibility. These platforms also are an important communications tool used by many companies, government organizations, academic institutions, scientific associations, and journals to share breaking news and other important information, including research. FACEBOOK Despite the controversary surrounding fake news and privacy issues, Facebook is arguably the most powerful platform currently on the market given its sheer reach. More than 2 billion users are active each day, roughly 85 percent come from outside the U.S. and Canada. Furthermore, Facebook’s own research shows that everyone is separated by a mere 3.5 degrees. So, if you need to find a research collaborator, don’t ignore this platform. SOCIAL MEDIA A few ways Facebook can help you professionally: IN CHINA • Promote your science: Link to recent journal articles and blogs you have Scientists in China written, and let people know about conferences you are attending or use two popular local speaking at. You also can post videos and create Facebook Live videos. platforms to disseminate • Keep in touch: It can be difficult to keep tabs on colleagues and mentors, and discuss their work. especially as we advance in our careers. Facebook ensures you do not lose these valuable connections. WECHAT • Create a page: One way to keep others informed about what you are WeChat is a messaging, working on is to create a page for your research or your lab. social media, and payment platform that is nearly ubiquitous in TWITTER China. This mobile-based Twitter has come a long way from posts about “what people ate for app offers researchers breakfast” or mere celebrity gossip. The platform enables you to connect opportunities to share not only with the science community, but also with journalists who follow their work and to researchers and even get story ideas from Twitter. connect with colleagues in a collaborative A few ways Twitter can help you professionally: environment. • Promote your research: As with all platforms, link to your journal articles, posters, blogs, and other relevant information. WEIBO • Follow influencers: Whether you know them, follow people and organizations that interest you and engage with their posts by Sina Weibo is one commenting and retweeting; they often will follow you back. of the most popular microblogging sites in • Keep up with breaking science news: Because news can be pushed out China. Weibo is a useful as it happens, people frequently see stories on Twitter before they appear channel for researchers anywhere else. in China to create, share, • Use hashtags: To monitor discussions and be seen by others, use and and discover content follow relevant hashtags, indicated by the # symbol. For example, if you using hashtags. cannot attend the MRS Fall Meeting, follow news emerging from the event through the conference hashtag, #F18MRS. 4 LINKEDIN Think of LinkedIn as an online CV/resume, contacts list, and networking platform all wrapped into one, easy-to-use tool…provided you keep your profile up to date, which also means having a current, professional photo! A few ways LinkedIn can help you professionally: • Grow your network: To build and expand your professional circle of contacts, connect with people you know and new people you meet at conferences. As you advance in your career, you never know who might be of assistance to you down the road. • Find new connections: If you are looking to connect with someone you don’t know, it’s easy to find who in your immediate network has a direct connection and may be willing to make an introduction. • Be visible: LinkedIn makes it easy for others — including recruiters and academic institutions —to reach out to you, whether it’s about a job opportunity or a chance to collaborate on a research project. • Join discussion groups: Stay active and engaged with your community through existing online forums. And if you don’t see what you are looking for, create your own discussion group. SOCIAL MEDIA BEST PRACTICES ENGAGE: SOCIAL MEDIA Social media is “social,” so two-way BEST PRACTICES communication is essential. Retweet, comment, like, and share posts — and others are likely to do the same for you, thereby increasing your POST CONTENT REGULARLY: following and your visibility. POST How often you post is up to you. POST But, as a general rule-of-thumb, you THINK BEFORE YOU POST: should post at least several times Could that grad school photo or a a week or month, not just once a comment made out of frustration semester, otherwise there’s little value come back to haunt you at some in being on the platform. Content point in your career? Remember, can range from talking about your content lives online forever, science to commenting on important sometimes even after you delete it. research, or simply sharing a fun fact. DON’T ENGAGE IN HEATED DEBATES: INCLUDE VISUALS: If someone attacks you or your Whenever possible, include a photo, research, don’t become embroiled video, or graphic. Content with visuals in an online battle. Take the is more likely to be read and shared. conversation offline. 5 5 OTHER WAYS TO PROMOTE YOUR RESEARCH Beyond social networking sites, many other avenues exist for spreading the word about the important work you are doing and increasing your visibility in the scientific community. One of the best ways is to leverage your current network. WORK WITH YOUR PIO If you are affiliated with an institution, make friends with your Public Information Officer (PIO)/Media Relations Department. Their job is to promote research coming out of your institution. PIOs are well connected to journalists, reporters, and the news stories they are working on.
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